Chechnya - a far off country

[Russell Grinker]

>Why the lack of  interest in Chechnya among progressive lef-wingers by
>comparison with East Timor?
>
>It would not have anything to do with the religious and cultural
>affiliations being the other way round would it?
>
>Chris Burford

More likely because it's probably just too depressing for them to
contemplate the ruins of that political and cultural icon formerly known as
the Soviet Union.

Russell